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“Kato Kazue's one-shot collection featuring the original Ao no Exorcist pilot and ten other standalone stories.”
Time Killers: Kazue Kato Short Story Collection
TIME KILLERS 加藤和恵短編集
7.38
4,362 rank · 8,198 readers · 37 favorites
Shounen
Action
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Kato Kazue's one-shot collection featuring the original Ao no Exorcist pilot and ten other standalone stories.
A collection of one shots by Kato Kazue, including the original pilot for Ao no Exorcist. 1. Boku to Usagi 2. Akanasu 3. Akai Daichi ni Umareta Senshi no Hanashi 4. USA Boy!!! 5. Hime Goro mo Torisetsu Manga 6. Jinsei Kaidou Hagure Hoshi 7. Nirai 8. Nushi to Bou 9. Otome no Inori 10. HoshiOta (Astronerd) 11. Miyama Uguisutei Jiken (Ao no Exorcist pilot)
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.8
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9.5
mode 10
σ 1.64
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.64 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.25
Running avg · Jan 2011 → Feb 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This is a short story collection mostly known for containing the "The Miyama-Uguisu Mansion Incident", wich is the pilot story for "Blue Exorcist". The story more than being short is a very...”
- 10 “I'm starting this review with one small request: buy the book. You will not be disappointed, and, like me, I think this is one that won't just sit on your bookshelf. The art is fantastic, and the...”
- 9 “I'm surprised that no one has a written a review for this, as it is the one-shot pilot of The Blue Exorcist. Frankly, I found that the one-shot more interesting the main series itself. The story...”
Verbosity
Short · 75%
Medium · 25%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 11 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 28m approx
- Published Aug 2000 – Sep 2008
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M18665 catalog